Machine for operating route-guides, ribbon-maps, and the like.



0 MACHINE FOR OPERATING BOUT CULLMAN E GUIDES, RIBBON MAPS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1909.

Zatented June 14,1910.

z SHEETS-SHEET 1.

G. GULLMAN.

MACBINE FR OPERATING ROUTEYGUIDES, .RBBQN MAPS, AND THE LIKE,

' APPLICATION FILED FEB 23, 1909 Patente June 14, i919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2V OTTO CLLMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLIBTOIS."`

MCHINE'FOR OPERATING ROUTE-GUlIDES, RIBBON-MAPS, AND THE LIKE.

Slb all whom 'it may concer/L:

Be it known that l, Cv'rro CULLMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cool: and State of llinois,'haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in ltachines for OperatingRoute-Guides, Ribbon-Maps, and the Like, of which the following, whentaken in connection with the drawing accompanying and forming a parthereof, is a full and complete description, sutiicient to enable thoseskilleda in the art to which it pertains to understand, make, and usethe same.

r[his invention relaties to a mechanism whereby ribbon maps or routeguides for travelers in wheeled -vehicles on roads or highways are moveda scaled distance cor responding with the actual distance traveled bythe vehicle to which the device is attached and by which it is actuated.And the object of the invention is to obtain, in a mechanism arranged tomove a ribbon map or route guideby the movement of the ve- 'hicle so asto successively expose to view the severai'objects indicated thereon, adevice whichl will permit from time to time, and at any time, easyadjustmentof the position of the map; whereby by referring to marksthereon, the location of the party using the map is exposed to. viewin amanner which will not require a skilled person or one fi.- miliar withthe use of maps, to read or understand the same.

A further object of the invent-ion is to obtaina device arranged to movea inap or route guide which will be compact, and which will at all timespresent a sufficient portion of the map or route guide in position forreference by the driver of the vehicle to permit him to locate thevehicle, and which, while simple in construction, durable and easilymanipulated, will permit of a plurality of means of correcting,` anyvariation of the movcn'ientI of the device from the actual movement ofthe vehicle to which the device is attached.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a device which can beeasily adjusted to correspond with the variation in periph4 e al lengthof rubber tires made to tit wheels of the same diameter by differentmakers,

and with the variation in peripheral len th of tires due to wear or tothe diiierent e.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 23, 1909.

raterreeacene ia, iaio. Serial No. 479,498.

grec of iniiation of tires of vdifferent auto- 'I mobiles.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a device in which aribbon route guide or road map may be easily inserted and from which aroute guide or road inap may be readily taken.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a device provided withmechanism to actuate a. route guide or map which can be to expose theoperating mechanism to View.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of a device embodying the invention, with aportion of the top of the casing removed to expose to view tne mechanismof the device. Fig. 3 is a section ofthe driven spool, showing thedriving mechanism of the device. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the sub-base,shaft and worm journaled therein and of the worm wheel of the device.Fig.. 5 is a section of the driven spool andthe shaft and hub on whichsuch spool is frict-ionally mounted. i

A reference. letter applied to designate a given part is used torindicate such part throughout the several `figures of the drawingswherever the saine appears.

The mechanism of this device is contained in a two part case, such partsbeing sepaf rablej. The stationary part of the case includes base A andbach a.. The removable part of the case includes base B and the shell Z)attached to such base B.

Dis a subsbase pivotally attached to base Aas by screw d.

E, e, are recesses inthe upper end of subbase D, and F is the portion ofsuch subbase which extends above the top of the device to form a handleby means of which the sub-base may loe. moved for the purposehereinafter set forth.

G is a spring provided with head g.

H is a shaft rotatably mounted in subbase D.

to turn therewith as by pins a, e, in holes l z a Head g is arranged toalternately fit in Y recesses E, e, as the sub-base D is .moved on pivotZ to force one of the Worms 7L, L, into orout of engagement with itscorresponding worm gear wheel, (M, m).

J is a driven roller or wheel rotatably mounted on base B. Roller J isexpansible and consists of the following named parts zd Shaft K is theshaft of wheel J and is pro-A vided with thumb wheel 7c. Shaft K isrotatably mounted in bearing b of part B. The end 7c of shaft K issquared. Worm gear wheels M, m, and washer N are all mounted on thesquared end of shaft K and are held in position thereon by screw O.

is a washer interposed between screw O and the worm gear wheel adjacentthereto on part lc of shaft K. The hub Z of disk L is provided withscrew threads Z.

P 1s a frustum provided with one or more recesses 7; on the larger endthereof and provided with an axial aperture having internal screwthreads p corresponding with screw threads Z and such frustum P ismounted `on hub Z Aby means of these screw threads.

Q is a pin provided with head g and mounted in the base B with spring garranged to'yieldingly hold it in a retracted position and out ofengagement with recesses p in part P. Pressure on head g forces pin Qagainst part P and when a recess p is in the path of movement of pin Qsuch pin enters the recess and part P cannot be rotated. Rotation of theshaft K at such time (as by means of thumb wheel le), rotates the hub Zand .moves the frustum P longitudinally on said hub Z. Parts R aremounted on the frustum P. I prefer to use not less than four of theparts R and to hold such parts from rotating relative to the disk L andpart P by means of pins S, S, which tit loosely in holes in parts R,

respectively, and are driven into holes provided therefor in hub Z. T isa band of rubber or other expansible material on parts R, R, the outsideof such band forming the periphery of driving roller J.

Vhen' driving roller J is constructed as described and rotatably mountedin sleeve b the diameter of the roller may be made larger or smallerthan a given size by turning thumb wheel /t' and at the same timeforcing the pin Q, into recess of part P, as by so doing the hub Z isrotated and the part P is held stationar so that such part P is movedlongitudinally by means of the screw threads fon the hub Z and the bandTtakes u and expands' for any and all variation obtained in the diameterof the driving roller J.

senese U, Fig. l, is a pin rigidly secured in base B and u is a hubrotatably mounted on pin U.

u is an arm rigidly mounted on hub u and u is a pin rigidly mounted inarm u at the free end of such arm.

U is a spring on hub u arranged to force the free end of the arm uagainst the' driving roller J and U is a spool on pin u. Spool U isarranged to hold thereon a ribbon map or guide, as X, Fig. l. Saidribbon guide X extends around the drivin@r roller J and is attached tothe spool U?. When shaft H is rotated as by exible connection X rotationof the driving roller J in the direction indicated by the arrow X drawsthe ribbon X over the table V and winds such ribbon on s ool U.

V, V', are pins rigidly secured in base B on which table V is mountedand V is the storage spool from which the ribbon X is unwound as it isdrawn over the table V by driving roller J.

W is a shaft provided with thumb wheeh w rotatable in bearings on baseB, and W is a hub secured to shaft W as W to rotate with said shaft.

The hub or spool V is ro'vided with a hole fitting closely to the ub Wso that when the thumb Wheel W is turned the rib-V b'on may be loosenedfrom or Wound onto such spool V (see Fig. 5).

When it is desired' to wind the ribbon onto the spool V in the mannerlast above described it is simply necessary to move handle F so as todisengage the Worm 71, or it from the worm gear wheel I.

Y is an arrow movably mounted on base B adjacent to table V.y The arrowY may be slid so as to vary the point indicated thereby on the ribbon ormap X passing over and lying upon the table V. By means of the thumbwheels and lw the ribbon on spools U and V may be moved forward andbackward on table V without reference to the movement of the drivingwheel J, but with the driving Worm and wheel out of engagement, and suchthumb wheels therefore form means of adjusting the map on the table inorder to correct any disagreement between the travel of the ribboncorresponding with the travel of the vehicle that is, to correctlyposition the vehicle on the map, and the arrow Y forms additional meansto correct any variation 'from the desired relative travel of thevehicle and map, and to correctly` position said vehicle on said map. Y

A plurality of wor-ms 7L, It', and worm gears M, m, are employed so asto give a right or left connection to shaft H. By the connection in Fig.l the shaft H movin r in a iven direction turns the worm whee 'm anroller J in the direction indicated by by pints` senese 'indicated bythe arrow X requires a reverse movement of the shaft H. The describedchange in position of worm h, h', is obtained by removing the pins Z, Z,and dropping the worms L, it", on shaft H and reinserting said pin inapertures Z (see Fig. 4). The removal of screw O and washer O from shaftK permits gears M, m, and washer n to be taken ott of shaft K andreplaced thereon in the changed position re quired. Alfter such changeis made they are again secured in place by washer O and Screw O.

When it is desired to change a ribbon on this machine the base B isremoved from base A as by drawing it oil' of pins Z Fig. l. The drivingwheel J with the worm wheels M, m, and `spools U and V remain on base Bof the frame. The sub-base D and shaft H together with the worin z, 7L,and spring G remain on base il. l The ribbon having been rewound onspool V it is removed :trom hub lli' and a new ribbon and spool placedthereon. The ribbon aiter being carried around the driving roller J p isattached to spool U on pin u and yieldingly brought into contact withdriving wheel J by the resiliency of the spring u.

'The part B is then replaced Qn part A.

Base A is provided with holes for screws by 'means of which the devicemay he attached to a vehicle.

The rotatable shaft H is journaled in the sub-base l) for the reasonthat, 'when ,part B is separated from part i of 'the zfasc, such part-B-carrying therewith the worm wheels L, L, it sometimesI occurs, when anew route guide has been put in place on the spools and driving rollerand it is then sought to replace part B on part A, that the teeth of theworm wheel4 do not engage with the worm so as to permit suchreplacement. In such case; to avoid the necessity of turning the drivenroller J by tlnunb nut 7.; the subbase D is turned to bring the worminto ,in-

operative position until the part B is replaced on part A of the base.The sulbase is then moved on its pivot to bring the Worm into operativerelation with the worm wheel. The recess e at the upper end of thcsub-base D and the abutment rj on spring` G are made so large that suchabutment g 'is forced by the spring into the recess e even it' thespirals of the worm are not properly in enga ement with the Iteeth ofthe worm whee, and such spring and'abutment conbring such Worm and WormWheel into proper relation to engage, when the shaft H isv turned suchWheel and gear are soon brought into engagement. Jagain, when a city orvillage is on the route designated by the route guide which is in themachine, if it be desired to leave such route temporarily, in order toview such city or village the operation of the device is suspended bymoving the .Sub-base D so that the worm is out of engagement with theworm wheel, and in resuming the route designated the device is againbroughtinto operation byinoving said sub-base to again bring the wormand gear into engagement.

.Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire byLetters Patent iszl. An expansible roller, a removable spool, a ribbon,means to yieldingly hold the spool withthe outer turn of the ribbonthereon in contact with the roller and a thumb wheel arranged to turnthe roller, in combination with a table, a rotatably mounted shaft,arranged to turn loosely, a thumb wheel on -said shaft arranged to turntherewith and an additional spool removably mounted on the shaft, thesaid ribbon attached at its' `a pin rigidly attached to the base, a hubloosely mounted on the pin, a radially exlending arm rigidly attached toone end of the hub, spool rotatably mounted on the il'ree end of thearm, a spring arranged to holld the spool normally in position so thatthe outer turn of the ribbon thereon is in Contact with the roller, saidspring and arm arranged so that the spool can be forced into position totake the outer turn of the ribbon thereon out of contact with theroller, a pinrotatably mounted on the base and a spool on said pinarranged to turn therewith, a thumb wheel on the pin, a ribbon on thespools and arranged to be wound from one thereof onto the other one byrotation of the driven wheel, marks on the ribbon, and movable means toindicate a given one of such marks.

3. A ribbon and a wheeled vehicle, in combination with a frame, a hubivoted on the trame and an arm on the hu arranged to move with themovement of the hub, spools tlrranged to wind the ribbon thereon, oneor" `uch spools removably and rotatably mounted on the fname to turnloosely and the other (if such spools removably and rotatably mourntedon thermovable arm, and the spools arranged so that a port-ion of theribbon between the spools is exposed to view,

on the movable arm with the outer turn of` the ribbon thereon againstthe roller, means whereby disengagement of thedrivingmechanism may beeffected, mains to turn said roller and thereby turn the spool adjacentthereto independently of the driving mechan-ism,lmeans to turn theloosely mounted spool independently of the driving mechanism, marks onthe ribbon, and movable means to indicate a given mark, the ribbon andspools arranged so that said turning of the spools independently of thedriving mechanism changes the mark which is indicated on the ribbon.

4. `A wheeled vehicle, an expansible driving wheel, mechanism arrangedto be actuated by one of the whe-els of the vehicle and to actuate thedriving wheel, a rotatably mounted spool, a ribbon provided with marksthereon attached to said spool, means to yieldingly hold the spool withthe outer turn of the ribbon thereon in Contact with the driving wheel,in combination with a table, an additional rotatably mounted spool "theobjects designated by said marks.

arranged to turn loosely, said ribbon arranged to lie on the table andmove thereover When wound from one to the other of the spools, and meansto make the indicated marks on the ribbon correspond with the actualposition of said vehicle relative to 5. The combination of a two partcase, one of such parts provided-with a base, a sub-base niovablymounted on said base, journal bearings on the sub-base, a shaftrotatably mounted in the journal bearings, said sub-base arranged tomove the shaft into operative or inoperative position, the

other of such parts provided `with a base and arranged to' be joined tothe first named part, a shaft rotatably mounted on the last named baseand said shaft arranged to be rotated by the rotation of the first namedshaft when the two parts of the case are joined and the shaft on thesub-base is in an operative position.

6. A two part case, a shaft, movable journal bearings on one of saidparts, said shaft rotatably mounted in said movable journal bearings,ribbon spoolsand a driven roller rotatably mounted on the other of saidparts, said parts of the case separable, means to transmit rotation ofthe shaft to the driven roller, said means arranged to be forced .intoand out of engagement afterthe two parts of the ease are joined and toturn thedriven roller when in engagement, and to disengage upon theseparation of said parts of the case.

7. The combination of a'two part oase, provided withl an aperture, oneof said arts arranged to be rigidly attached to a ve icle and the otherof said parts arranged to he joined to the rst named part and to hesepara-ted therefrom, said parts-respectively provided with a base, asub-base mounted on the immovable base, and movable into determinedpositions, journal bearings on the sub-base, a shaft rotatably mountedin the journal bearings, means to yieldingly hold the sub-base in adetermined position, driving mechanism on said shaft and a projection onthe sub-base extending through said aperturelin the case, a shaftrotatably mounted on the movable base, driven mechanism and a roller onsaid shaft, the driving mechanism on the shaft inthe journal bearingsarranged `to be engageable with the driven mechanism on the separablepart of the case, when the parts of the case are joined, and saidsub-base is in one of its determined positions.

.- 8. The combination of a two part case,

one of such parts arranged to be rigidly attached to a vehicle and theother of such parts arranged to be joined to the' first named part andbe separable therefrom, said parts respectively provided with a base, asub-base provided with a projection thereon mounted on the immovablebase, and movable into determined positions by meansof said projection,journal bearings on the subbase, a shaft rotatably Imounted in thejournal bearings, means to yieldingly hold' the sub-base in a determinedposition on its base, driving mechanism on said shaft, a shaft rotatablymounted on the movable base, a thumb wheel, driven mechanism and aroller on said shaft, said driven mechanism arranged to engage with thedriving mechanism when the parts of the oase are joined and saidsub-base isnin one of its determined positions.

9. A two part case, one of said parts rovided with a driven Wheel, aspool, a rib on, means to yieldingly hold. the spool with the outer turnof the ribbon thereon in contact with the driven wheel, a thumbWheelarranged to turn the driven wheel, such spool arranged so that itcan be forced into position to take theouter. turn of the ribbon thereonout of contactwith the driven wheel, vin combination with a table, andan additional rotatably mounted spool arranged to turn loosely,the saidribbon attached at its ends to the spools and arranged to lie on thetable and move thereover when Wound.l

from one to the other of said spools, and the other of said partsprovided with mechanism arranged to actuate the driven Wheel when theparts of the case are joined.

10. A two artcase, said arts se arabl Y Pt P P y joined, a sha rotatablymounted on one of vvto the correspom said parts, ribbon spools and anexpansible driven roller rotatably mountedy on the other of said parts,means to transmit rotat-ion of the shaft to the driven roller, saidmeans arranged to engage and turn the driven roller when the two partsof the ease are joined, and to disengage upon the separation of saidparts of the ease.

. l1. The combination of a' two part case, one of said parts providedwith a base, a sub-base movably mounted on said base, a shaft rotatablymounted in the sub-base, right and left hand worms on the shaft,larranged so as to be alternately moved into an operating position, 'andmeans to attach such worms to the shaft to turn therewith, and the otherof said parts provided with a base and arranged to be joined to thefirst named part, a shaft rotatably mounted on the last named base andright and left worm gears removably attached to said shaft to turntherewith, said worm gears arranged so as to be alternately placed inoperating position relative vto the corresponding worm, am means toyieldingly hold the sub-base in position w1t h a worm and acorresponding worm gear 1n engagement.

l2. The combination of a two part ease, one of said parts provided witha base, a sub` base movably mounted on said base, a shaft rotatablymounted in the sub-base, right and left hand worms on the shaft arrangedso as to be alternately moved into an operating" osition, and means toattach said worms to the shaft to turn therewith, and the other of saidparts provided with a base and arranged t0 be jointed to the first namedpart, a shaft rotatably mounted on the last named base and right andleft worm gears removably attached to said shaft to turn therewith, saidworm gears arranged so as to be alternately placed in operating positionrelative ling worm, and a spring arranged to be joined to the firstnamed part, determined position. v

13. A two parte-ase, said parts separably joined, a shaftrotatablymounted on one of said parts, ribbon spools and an additional shaftprovided with a thumb wheel rotatably mounted on the other of saidparts, and a roller on said additional shaft arranged to turn therewith,means to transmit rotation of the first named shaft to the additionalshaft, said means arranged to engage and turn the additional shaftI whenthe two parts ot' the case are joined and to disengage when said partsof the case are separated.

14. The combination onf a two part case li i l l l l i, l

separably joined and such parts respectively provided with bases, one ofsaid bases arranged to be rigidly attached to a 1iicle, a sub-basemounted on said rigidly attached base and movable into determinedpositions, Y

means to yieldingl'y hold the sub-base in av determined position, ashaft rotatably mounted in the sub-base, right and left hand worms onthe shaft arranged so as to be alternately moved into an operativeposition, and means to attach such worms to the shaft to turn therewith,a shaft rotatably mounted on the movable base, right and left worm gearsremovably attached to said shaft to turn therewith and arranged so as tobe alternatel'y placed in operative position relative to thecorresponding worm, a thumb wheel and a roller rigidly attached to theshaft, a removably mounted rotatable spool yieldingly held 1n engagementwith said roller, an additional shaft rotatably mount-a ed on themovable base, an additional removable spool on said additional shaft,said spools positioned to receive a ribbon to be wound on the spoolwhich is in engagement with the roller and a thumb wheel arranged toturn said last named spool.

15. The combination of a two part ease separably joined and such partsrespectively provided 4with bases, one of said bases arranged to berigidly attached to a vehicle.

a sub-base mounted on said rigidly attached base and movable .intodetermined positions, means to 'yieldingly hold the sub-basein adetermined position, a shaft rotatably mounted in the sub-base, rightand left hand worms on the shaft arranged so as to be alternately movedinto an operative position, and means to attach such worms to the shaft. to turn therewith, a shaft rotatably mount'- ed on'the movable base,right and left worm gears removably attached to said shaft' to turntherewith and arranged so as to be alternately placed in operativeposition rela tive to the corresponding worm, a thumb wheel, and aroller rigidly attached to the shaft, a removably mounted rotatablespool yieldingly held in engagement, with said roller, an additionalshaft, rotatably mounted in the removable base, and a spool remov-

